Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Date
mid 20th century
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) on cardboard
paint on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W x D (Box): 1 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (4.2 × 16.5 × 7.5 cm)
Diameter (Chips): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Description
A box of cardboard red, white, and blue poker chips. The box top is red with a black bottom. On the box top is a blue band with white text that reads [POKER / CHIPS] and white text on red that reads [UNBREAKABLE] and [NOISELESS]. The box top is decorated with illustrations of stacks of red, white, and blue poker chips. On the short end of the box is white text on both short sides that reads [100 / POKER CHIPS / ASSORTED / COLORS]. The interior of the box has three (3) vertical dividers to separate the four (4) stacks of chips. The box contains ninety-one (91) poker chips: forty-four (44) white chips, twenty-four (24) red chips, and twenty-three (23) blue chips. The chips are painted cardboard and are blank on both sides.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place made
United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Toys and Games
Type
poker chips
Topic
Amusements
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.49
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5503e14ab-a630-496e-bad7-c9ad30b81b3e

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